Natural history of potentially malignant oral lesions and conditions: An overview of the literature

Journal of Oral Pathology and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Napier, Séamus S ^a   Speight, Paul M ^b  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Erythroplakia; Oral leukoplakia; Pre cancer

Indexed keywords

CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LEUKOPLAKIA; MOUTH CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOFT PALATE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ARECA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; ERYTHROPLASIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEUKOPLAKIA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TOBACCO; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 37249086294     PISSN: 09042512     EISSN: 16000714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0714.2007.00579.x     Document Type: Review

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